Colorful Options challenge - Guest Designer

Good Morning lovely friends.  I'm excited to be a guest designer over at Colorful Options challenge this month.  They always have really fun colour boards to inspire you and this month is no different.  

When I saw the colour board my eye was immediately drawn to the cat so I knew I wanted to use an image of a cat on my card.  I had a quick rummage through my stash and found this line art image that I don't think I've ever used before.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using a fun stencil and the brightest inks I had I made my vibrant background.  I added some water droplets to add some interest to my background and once dry I stamped the cat line art image in versafine black ink over top.  One of the sentiments that came with cat stamp was 'you had me at meow' which wasn't really something I would use but I love the font so I found another stamp in my stash that said happy birthday to you and with some masking replaced the word you with the meow word so the sentiment now says 'happy birthday to meow' which I thought was really fun.  I heat embossed the sentiment onto black card with white embossing powder and used a strip sentiment die to cut it out.  I added onto the colourful background with foam squares.  The panel was added to the card base with foam tape.  I tried quite a few different embellishments but nothing looked right so I left it clean and simple.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using the same stencil and inks just stencilled the fun shape into the left corner of the panel.  I stamped a simple sentiment in black ink and added the panel onto my card base with double sided tape.  The card turned out just the way I wanted and it's vibrant, fun and clean & simple.  I hope you like it too.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes option get well cards

Addicted to CAS challenge - pun

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG option rainbows/lots of colours

Crafty Animals challenge - must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - happy birthday

Everybody Art challenge - ATG

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - ATC and/or CAS

Scrapping4Fun challenge - ATG + stamping

Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG option animal magic 

I would like to thank Makira and all the team over at Colorful Options for having me as a guest this month and I can't wait to see your interpretations of the colour board.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today; I'll be back on Thursday with my DT card for the Krafty Chicks challenge.  Until then have a great start to your week. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Picket Fence Studios - Sophie kitten stamp - retired

MFT - watercolour wash free form stencil - oos ? retired

Gina K Designs - inks - cherry red, tangerine twist, wild dandelion, lucky clover, blue raspberry, wild lilac, white pigment ink

Pretty Pink Posh - let's party stamp (for part of the sentiment)

MFT - smitten kitten stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine - onyx black ink pad